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Mark Lewis and stem cells

Coverage of Mark Lewis, the lawyer whose journey to Israel to take part in a trial of an experimental stem cells therapy was featured in a Channel 4 documentary. In the Radio Times he is interviewed by Caroline Wyatt, the BBC journalist who also has MS and who has been treated with a different stem cell approach.

CCSVI trial results disappointing

There was no significant difference in outcome between people treated for CCSVI - a narrowing of the veins draining blood from the brain - and those receiving a sham treatment according to a newly published study. The researchers, led by Paolo Zamboni who originally proposed the theory of CCSVI, concluded that "The procedure cannot be recommended for treatment of patients with MS."